(I'm inspired, not a writer.)
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Dex x stranger!reader where it’s reader’s first time on a plane and during takeoff she subconsciously grabs Dex’s hand out of fear. She apologizes immediately and keeps her hands to herself after, embarrassed, while Dex quietly stares at the spot her hand was touching a second too long.
From the corner of his eyes, he watches her squeezing her eyes, pursing her lips until the seatbelt sign turned off.
"Not a talker, huh?" She says. "Well, I am. Especially when I'm nervous." She adds, eyes glancing once. He looks out the window, Billy Joel hums faintly through his headphones. She steals a glance, shrugging, "It’s not like you’re listening anyway, so I’m gonna ramble. Need to take my mind off things.”
So, she does.
About this being her first flight. About turbulence. About her underpaid job and her orange cat that attacks ankles “out of affection".
Dex says nothing.
But somewhere between her rant about airplane bathrooms and her obsession with cheese, his thumb presses against the side of his player and switches it off.
She doesn’t notice.
Dex keeps his face turned toward the window, expression unreadable. Still stoic. Still sharp around the edges. But now, he’s listening. Really listening
And, every now and then—
At something she says, the corner of his mouth twitches into the smallest smile.
(bro needs a sunshine, not a north star. repeat after me.)















